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G. WELK,

DEVIUE FOR TRANSMITTING POWER. N0. 339,356. Patented Apr. 6, 1886.

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DEVlCE. FOR TRANSMlTTING POWER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 339,356, dated April 6, 1886. Application filed September 15, 1885. Serial No. 177,174. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GUslAV IVELK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Seward, in the county of Seward and State of Nebraska, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices for Transmitting Pow er, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in WhlCl1- Figure 1 represents a side elevation of a device embodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents a front elevation of the same.

My invention relates to devices for transmitting motion or power; and the same consists in a main shaft and drum supported upon a suitable'frame, and in a shaft loosely mounted above the main shaft and carrying two flywheels, the flanges of the main drum engaging the shaft of the fly-wheels and revolving the said wheels by frictional contact, all of which I shall hereinafter fully describe and claim.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will now proceed to describe the manner in which I have carried it out.

In the said drawings, A represents a suit able frame-work, within which are mounted the working parts of my device. XVithin suitable journal-boxes, B, secured to each side of the frame, is mounted the main shaft (3, carrying at its center the main drum or pulley D, provided with the peripheral flanges a, as illustrated in Fig. 2. Immediately above the main shaft and drum, and slightly beyond its vertical central plane, is mounted a secondary shaft, E, having its ends supported by suitable open brackets or bearings, 12, secured to the frame. The secondary shaft E has upon it near each end the fly-wheels F, which are preferably made of heavy material, while a pulley, G, on the shaft E, between the flanges of the main drum or pulley, communicates the motion and power of the shaft B through the medium of a belt or other gearing to any appropriate place.

Motion is imparted to the main drum by any well'known means, and the shaft E, by reason of the heavy flywheels, being kept in direct engagement with the flanges of the main drum, it is obvious the said shaft will be rotated by frictional contact at a high rate of speed, and its power and motion are transferred by the pulley G to any desired place. The fiy-wheels, being upon each side of the main drum, keep the shaft uniformly supported, and

the shaft may have a vertical movement within its open bearings.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A device for transmitting power, comprising a main shaft with a drum mounted thereon, and a secondary shaft driven by frictional contact with the main drum, substantially as herein described.

2. A device for transmitting power, com prising a main shaft and a drum mounted there on, a secondary shaft loosely supported above the main shaft and driven by frictional contact with the drum, and the fly whcels upon the secondary shaft, substantially as herein described.

3. In a device for transmitting power, the combination, with a main shaft and a flanged drum mounted thereon, of a secondary shaft loosely mounted above the main shaft, suitable fly-wheels on the secondary shaft for keeping the latter in contact with the main drum, and a pulley on the shaft between the fly-wheels, substantially as herein described.

4. In a device for transmitting motion, the frame, the main shaft, and the drum having peripheral flanges, in combination with a secondary shaft driven by frictional contact with the drum, the open brackets or bearings for the ends of the shaft, the fly-wheels near each end of said shaft, and the centrally-placed pulley, substantially as herein described.

GUSTAV XVELK.

Witnesses:

WM. M. BEAVER, WALTER A. LEESE. 

